Editing Oath of office (section)

===Ministers===
All Ministers of the Crown, including the Prime Minister of Canada, must be sworn members of the [[King's Privy Council for Canada]] before taking office. The [[Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada)|Clerk of the Privy Council]] administers the necessary oaths at [[Rideau Hall]] in the presence of the Governor General. The first oath taken is always the Oath of Allegiance:

{{blockquote|I, (name), do swear (declare) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles the Third, King of Canada, his heirs and successors, so help me God.}}

The Oath of Allegiance is followed by the Privy Council Oath:

{{blockquote|I, (name), do solemnly and sincerely swear (declare) that I shall be a true and faithful servant to His Majesty King Charles the Third, as a member of His Majesty’s Privy Council for Canada. I will in all things to be treated, debated and resolved in Privy Council, faithfully, honestly and truly declare my mind and my opinion. I shall keep secret all matters committed and revealed to me in this capacity, or that shall be secretly treated of in Council. Generally, in all things I shall do as a faithful and true servant ought to do for His Majesty. So help me God.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Official Oaths |url=http://www.gg.ca/en/role/responsibilities/constitutional-duties/swearing-ceremony/official-oaths |website=Governor General of Canada |date=22 December 2016 |access-date=9 April 2019 |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410175607/https://www.gg.ca/en/role/responsibilities/constitutional-duties/swearing-ceremony/official-oaths |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

Privy Councillors who are Ministers-designate, including the Prime Minister-designate, become Ministers by taking the Oath of Office, which is administered by the Clerk of the Privy Council at Rideau Hall:

{{blockquote|I, (name), do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear (or declare) that I will truly and faithfully, and to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as (office), so help me God.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://archive.gg.ca/media/fs-fd/p3_e.asp| title=Oaths of Office| date=30 April 2009| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref>}}

Ministers who choose to take the oath as an affirmation use ''declare'' instead of ''swear'' and omit ''so help me God''. After leaving Cabinet, former Ministers typically remain Privy Councillors for life, and as such retain the privilege of styling themselves "The Honourable" (or "The Right Honourable," in the case of the Prime Minister), and may use the post-nominals "P.C."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queen's Privy Council for Canada |website= Government of Canada |date= 11 December 2017 |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/services/queens.html}}</ref>